Oh my goodneas. Scary event. I will without a dought check each and ever clamp. I will probably run my first 5 hrs with engine hatch open... I'm so happy the horrible event you experience had a good ending. NO BOAT SUNK. Thank you so much Rosborough for the advice...
Today I'm taking out the pilot house bench and a/c unit so can get to engine. Im also considering maybe a newer rebuilt engine. But your advice is diffently the most reasonable and makes the most sence. Next week I will know . Hopefully. Thank you . I'm over whelmed.
My pathfinder engine is a 5 cylinder. The 5 cylinders are very difficult to find parts. The head gasket it blown. This is a good time to repower. But it is not easy. They don't make the perkins 4236 any more. The cat smallest engines (marine) is a 150. I have some boater friend that have...
Hey Rocky. ...you are a great resource for me, being you are a 30 ft sundowner owner. I have a 70hp pathfinder in my 30 SD. It has a blown head gasket. My engine is a 5 cylinder. Parts are very hard to find for the 5 cylinder . How dose the 80 hp cat 3034t fit in the ER and are you...
So far, going Strickland off trawler forum, the beta, yanmar, Cummins. But I have still many hr. Of research. Please keep the info come my way. Thank yall
I talked to some other dealer and asked about the volvo and his response was that very expensive parts and alot of different metals. For whatever that means. He didn't really say alot bad. I just got the lolvo penta off brochure. ????
Huuuuuu. Funny you say that. The company I'm talking to is a dealer for the volvo penta and he handed me a brochure on a D2-75. ... so why is the V word bad, may I ask? Before I go down that road with research .
Wow! So many things to consider in engine replacement. I was hoping to have a 30 ft sundowner owner to post the perfect replacement engine with the perfect gear/transmition and the perfect prop size and pitch. All with the make and model numbers. Lol wishful this thinking. I'm going to...
How are you liking your Perkins engine in your 30 sundowner? Does it fit nicely in the engine compartment? Is there any way you could share the model of the engine and the gear (transmition ) and the prop size and pitch. Please. This engine replacement is tuff. Lol
Thanks for the Beta marine suggestion. How does Yanmar compare to Kabota? The reality of what just happened is just now sinking in! We were meant to be cruising in the Gulf of Mexico around the barrier islands this werkend, instead I'm in my living room trying to decide on how to spend...
Our 34 year old Pathfinder engine died yesterday. We are beginning the process of figuring out what engine to replace it with. The one we have is a 70 hp. We would like to go to a 90 or 100 hp. Any suggestions? Yanmar, Kabota, Cumming....? Any idea of the price? Appreciate any suggestions.